Loughborough Echo

The Charnwood Community Action Stars Roll of Honour

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Dan Edwards.

Personal trainer offering free workouts online to help keep people active.

Loughborou­gh Against Corona .

Community group helping the local community with shopping, errands and prescripti­on pick ups.

Robert Butler.

Provides local updates to Sileby residents including flooding informatio­n.

Julie Boyton.

A single mum and keyworker still making sure the vulnerable people in her Syston neighbourh­ood are getting support they need.

Kunal Nagar.

Delivering shopping to neighbours, elderly and vulnerable residents within his community.

Dai Richards.

Making and delivering

headbands to help carers wear face masks without hurting their ears.

Steve - Charnwood Community Action volunteer.

Providing shopping to a resident in need in the most friendly and thoughtful manner.

Dave - Idverde employee maintainin­g Queen’s Park.

The park is being immaculate­ly maintained and it lifts the spirits to see it. He is always cheerful and his cheery waves are appreciate­d!

Rawlins Academy.

Staff are making scrubs, visors, scrub laundry bags, headbands and mask clips for the NHS and other front line care workers

Bradleys Supermarke­t’s newspaper delivery team.

22 delivery staff are continuing to deliver the newspapers to the residents of Quorn. A lifeline for many people unable to get out and about.

Quorn Village Community Cares.

Group of community volunteers helping the local community with shopping, errands and prescripti­on pick ups.

Jack Burbank.

Personal trainer offering free workouts online to help keep people active.

Carol Waller.

Making retainers for facemasks and cakes and delivering them to Loughborou­gh ambulance station every week.

Adele Clarke.

A local businesswo­man offering free dance classes and workshops for children and adults through her dance school.

Dave & Maggie Evans.

A couple supporting an isolated neighbour with shopping deliveries once a week.

Help our Community LE4 Birstall.

Group of community volunteers helping the local community with shopping, errands and sharing community informatio­n.

Loughborou­gh’s bin crew.

Come rain or shine the crew is out with a smile collecting bins and working so hard.

Rosie Rollings - Quorn Village Community Cares volunteer.

A community volunteer offering support and help with shopping and collecting prescripti­ons.

Kate Oldcorn - Quorn Village Community Cares volunteer.

A community volunteer offering support and help with shopping and collecting prescripti­ons.

Shona Rattray - Quorn Village

Community Cares volunteer.

A community volunteer offering support and help with shopping and collecting prescripti­ons.

Sharon Bingham - Quorn Village Community Cares volunteer.

A community volunteer offering support and help with shopping and collecting prescripti­ons.

Shreekant Raivadera- Quorn Village Community Cares volunteer.

A community volunteer offering support and help with shopping and collecting prescripti­ons.

Rachael Roe - Quorn Village Community Cares volunteer.

A community volunteer offering support and help with shopping and collecting prescripti­ons.

Kavita.

Going way beyond what is asked of her to collect shopping.

Sarah Curtis.

For coordinati­ng the production of headbands and other items for frontline healthcare workers.

Tash Hall.

Helping the homeless move into temporary accomodati­on and is providing additional support.

Barrow upon Soar Helping Hands.

A community group of over 1000 members helping provide a range of support to local residents.

Watermead day nursery.

Going above and beyond to provide high quality care for key workers children.

Woodbrook Vale school.

For donating safety goggles from the school to help protect staff at the LRI hospital

Joann Oakley.

For co-ordinating and delivering hygiene, sweet treats

and mindfulnes­s HUGS boxes to NHS staff rooms.

Warner Street In This Together WhatsApp Group.

Over 40 neighbours have come together to help support each other and create uniform bags for Coalville Hospital.

Quantum Potatoes ESU.

Group of 14-18 year old scouts who have been phenomenal in helping to keep 2nd Loughborou­gh scout groups connected.

Liz and Anthony Anderson, Syston Baptist Church.

Running virtual sunday school for lots of children in Syston and Thurmaston and are managing donations for a foodbank.

Above and Beyond – Developing Potential CIC.

The team have supported over 470 people from our communitie­s, with a smile, a food parcel, a phone call, or a message.

Woodhouse Good Neighbour Scheme.

The excellent work they’re doing to help the communitie­s of Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves.

Newtown Linford Parish Council.

For co-ordinating a leaflet that went to every household in the parish with the help from 80 volunteers

John Patterson.

For delivering newspapers to residents in the Newtown Linford village every day of the week

Carol Ann Sugden and Joe Costello.

For setting up a Zoom gatherings so residents in Newtown Linford can still have coffee and cake together

Harvinder Poonian.

Organiser of Loughborou­gh Against Corona who have completed over 500 requests for the community

Andy Brotherton.

Set up his own YouTube channelto deliver exercise classes to the Action Charnwood ‘Maintainer­s’ and exercise referral groups.

David Wright.

Regular volunteer at the Marios Tinenti Centre who has continued to help and support people who may be vulnerable.

Loughborou­gh District Scouts and Charnwood District Scouts.

Groups are providing Virtual Scouting providing a mix of activities for young people. All ages were involved in Walking to the Moon to raise funds for the big night in.

Andrea McDonald.

Co-ordinating a small team that have been sewing and making scrub bags & headbands for the NHS.. A lovely lady who is making a difference

Helen York Celebratio­n Cakes.

Helen has delivered hundreds of cupcakes to NHS hospitals in Leicesters­hire

Ersilia Vignali.

Ersilia has very kindly taken over the responsibi­lity of planning and working on the MTC allotment.

Claudia Sayer.

For going above and beyond in ensuring that Scouting can continue for about 70 young people.

Shepshed Sewing for the NHS.

Andrea provides regular updates on the Shepshed Facebook page about the excellent work they are doing in providing donations to NHS workers in our area.

Kirsty Birch.

Kirsty has kept checking on elderly residents in her street, shopped for them and is taking general care of everyone.

Stephanie Briggs.

Between homeschool­ing, Steph has been delivering food parcels with Above and Beyond

and making face masks for others that are helping the community.

Sean Baker.

Establishe­d We’re All Mad Here foodbank in Syston, organises food parcel deliveries and other items to elderly and vulnerable people

Christine Scutt.

For shopping for neighbours and friends who have been self-isolating. She has also been organising social distancing get togethers on her street.

Bangladesh Social Associatio­n.

Helping local communitie­s during the Covid 19 pandemic. Setting up a local food bank and and helping distribute food and care packages to those in need.

Emily Cox.

As well as being a fantastic teacher, Emily has been using her extra time to help with Charnwood Community Action.

Aaron at AB Sports Clinic.

Posting exercises everyday on social media to help anyone suffering a bad back, shoulder, painful ankle etc.

De Lisle College and the SEND team.

Set up comprehens­ive lessons and the SEN team have been amazing when supporting families with SEND children.

Ria Tervoort.

Spreading joy and smiles around Shelthorpe Ward with her knitted rainbows on lamp posts and a post box.

Sue Castleton.

Although Gorse Covert Community Centre is currently closed, Sue has been delivering food parcels across Charnwood with Charnwood Community Action.

Carl Edwards.

Carl has been inspiring so many people by his free daily workouts on his Facebook page

Ali Cayn.

Ali has been volunteeri­ng with Above & Beyond to deliver food parcels to residents in need.

Jules and Maria Ibbitt.

Still running Loughborou­gh Area Food Bank and delivering food parcels to people in need.

Cheryl Moulton and Debbie Lovett

For their helpful, calm and knowledgea­ble approach to their work which has helped the Council’s open spaces and cleansing team during these difficult times.

Helping our Community Thurmaston.

A group of around 120 lead volunteers along with around 200 other volunteers supporting Thurmaston residents with shopping, prescripti­ons, dog walking.

Angie Whitmore and the Shepshed volunteers.

For co-ordinating and helping local volunteers with over 367 deliveries of items to Shepshed residents including books, jigsaws and games to help those in isolation during lockdown.

Coun Jewel Miah.

For helping to keep the local community up to date and is very helpful and supportive. Always working with a smile and there for the community.

John Storer House.

The staff at JSH have thrown themselves into whatever task they have been given and fully supported the Charnwood Community Action Team.

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